MTM Defined

Medication therapy management is a whole view approach to the healthcare process. In 2004 it was defined and established by 11 separate national pharmacy organizations and consists of an overall assessment of a patients treatment across a broad range of disease states. When your cardiologist prescribes you one medication and your gastroenterologist prescribes you another, it is the job of the pharmacist through medication therapy management to be that last set of eyes making sure your treatments do not conflict. Medication therapy management sessions are a patient specific, one on one intervention between the pharmacist and the patient. They are frequently covered by most insurance companies and have been shown to significantly benefit both the patients overall health as well as decrease the rate of adverse events seen from medication improper use.

How do we do it differently?

At Neighbor Care Pharmacy we are implementing a further twist on MTM. We use our personal approach to include OTC (over the counter) medications, vitamins, minerals and herbal products. We can monitor your prescriptions for mineral depletions, and advise you on proper supplementation. We can see if any OTC medications or herbal products will pose a risk if taken together with your prescriptions. This service is provided to our patients, free of charge. Because this particular Medication Management is on such a personal level, no chain pharmacy is interested in providing this. But we see it as an opportunity to bring back the personal connection between the pharmacist and the patient, and a service of unprecedented value.